Combined chimney-casing and sign.



No. 678,083. vMmmm my 9, Ism.

v A. M. WITTE.

BOMBINED CHIMNEY CASING AND SIGN.

(Application filed Dec. 31, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS M. WITTE,.OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED CHlMNEY-CASING AND; SIGN.

SPEGIEICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,083, dated July 9,1901. Application nled December 31, 1900. Serial No.1 41,619. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern: Beit known that I, AUGUSTUS M. WITTE, acitizenof theUnited States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in aCombined `Chimney-Casing and Sign, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates particularly to a combined sign and chimneycasing;and myprimary object is to provide means whereby the spaces of thechimney-surfaces may be utilized conveniently for sign purposes. y

My invention is illustrated in its preferred form in the accompanyingdrawings, in which-f Figure l represents a perspective view of aseparable casing, the top being partially removed to show the manner ofits attachment;

Fig.'2, a bottom plan view of the casing; Fig.

2a, a view of the outer surface of the upper portion of one side of thecasing; Fig. 3, a vertical section showing the device applied to achimney; Fig. 4, abroken section taken as indicated at line 4 of Fig. 3;and Fig. 5, a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing a modification of theconstruction of the body of the casing. Y

A represents a chimney; B, the body of a casing for the chimney; B', ahollow cap for the top of the chimney; C, a rectangular chair orsupportconnected with the part B and provided on its upper surface withguidellanges a, and D a cap-piece provided with llanges a', which engagethe guides a.

In the construction shown the body portion B comprisesdetachably-connected sides b b. The sides b are provided with channelsb2, with which engage heads b3 of the sides b. In Fig. 2 the channels b2are shown formed integrally with the sides b and the heads b3 are formedintegrally with the sides rIn Fig. 5 the `channels and heads are shownformed separate and attached to their respec tivev parts by rivets. Thepart B has an inher flange c' and an outer flange c', aording betweenthem a channel which its over the upper portion of thev chimney, therebyprotecting the upper course of bricks from rain .and snow. The part C isrigidly connected with the part B and is removable therewith. The upperportion of the body of the casing lits inside the outer flange of themember B',

as shown in Fig. 3. Blocks d are secured to .the outer surface of thesides b, at the upper margins thereof, and said blocks are of justsuiiicient thickness to till the space between the flat portion of thesides b and the adjacent flanged portion of the part B. The part B' isdetachably connected to the body portion of the casing by screws f.y nAIt will be understood 4from the foregoing description that the part Dmay be removed by moving it alongits guides, as illustrated in Fig. 1.The part B may be detached by removing the screws f. Any side of thebody of the casing may then be removed by moving it longitudinallyupward. In Fig. l the dotted lines g g illustrate the manner in whichtwo sides of the casing may be notched or recessed where the casing isto beemployed in connection with a chimney which rises from the ridge ofa peaked-roof house.

It will now be understood that lthe part D and the panels forming theseparable casing may beemployed as signs and that when it is desiredsaid parts or any of them may be removed and new parts su pplied intheir stead. Thus one panel may be employed for a given advertisement ornumberfof advertisements for a certain length of time and may then bereplaced bya similarly-construct ed panel having a new advertisement orse= ries of advertisements, the other lpanels re; maining undisturbed.In practice the parts of the casing are formed of sheet metal and may beused many times overl by supplying them with new lettering or signcharacters.

Changes in details of construction within the spirit of my invention'may'be made.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A combined chimney-casing and sign, comprising a body portion, a caphaving anges embracing the upper margin of said casing and the uppermarginof the inner wall 95 of the chimney, and a cap-piece for thechimney'-passage supported at some distance above the last-named member,substantially as described.

2. A combined chimney-casing and sign, rooV comprising a body portionhaving two of its sides provided with vertically-disposed grooves andtwo of its sides provided with heads fitting said grooves said sidesbeing reber; `and aftop'for the chimney-discharge re- `movably connectedwithsaid chair, substan- 1o tiaily as described.

AUGUSTUS M. WITTE.

Inpresence off- D. W. LEE, ALBERT L. BACCI.

movable, substantial] y as andfor-the purpose described.

3. A combined chimney-casing and sign, comprising a body portion ttsingover the chimney, an annular cap having flanges embracing the uppermargin of said bodypor- ,i lion and the inner margin ofthe chimney-top,a chair supported on said last-named mem-

